Deploying Oracle Collaboration Suite in a Single-Box Installation
Deploying Oracle Collaboration Suite in a Single-Box
Installation
The goal of this tutorial is to show you how install Oracle Collaboration
Suite (OCS) on a single-box using the Advanced Installation
option. This includes all components of OCS, including Infrastructure, OCS Database,
and the Mid-Tier applications
Approximately 1 hour (this will depend on your machine setup).
This tutorial covers the following topics:
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This tutorial covers how to install all of the components
of OCS on one single machine. Typically, Oracle recommends that you install
Oracle Application Server Infrastructure and Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications
on different computers for better performance. However, for smaller production
environments, or for a test environment, a single-box installation can be used.
The focus of this tutorial is to provide an overview of each
step involved in the installation process.
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Before starting this tutorial, you should:
| 1. |
Verify the hardware requirements on your machine (assuming
that Linux Red Hat 3.0 is being used):
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Item
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Minimum
Requirement
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Command
to Check
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Processor type
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Pentium (32-bit)
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Processor speed
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450 MHz or faster
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IP
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Static or DHCP
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Memory
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2 GB RAM
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prompt>
grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
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Disk space
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Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure: 2.5
GB
Oracle Collaboration Suite Applications: 2.5 GB
Oracle Collaboration Suite Database: 3.6 GB
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prompt>
df -m <dir> |
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Space in /tmp
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250 MB
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prompt>
df -m /tmp |
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Swap space
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4 GB
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prompt>
grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo |
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Monitor
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256 color display
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| 2. |
Verify the software requirements on your machine (assuming
again that Linux Red Hat 3.0 is being used):
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Item
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Requirement
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Command
to Check
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Operating system
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Red Hat 3.0
Update 4
Kernel version:
kernel-2.4.21-27.EL or
kernel-smp-2.4.21-27.EL or
kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-27.EL
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prompt>
uname -a |
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Software packages
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glibc-2.3.2-95.30
glibc-common-2.3.2-95.30
binutils-2.14.90.0.4-35
compat-db-4.0.14-5.1
compat-glibc-7.x-2.2.4.32.6
compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128
compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128
gcc-3.2.3-47
gcc-c++-3.2.3-47
libstdc++-3.2.3-47
libstdc++-devel-3.2.3-47
openmotif21-2.1.30-8
pdksh-5.2.14-21
setarch-1.3-1
make-3.79.1-17
gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-34.2
sysstat-5.0.5-5.rhel3
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prompt>
rpm -qa <package_name> |
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Verify the kernel parameter settings:
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Kernel
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Parameter Setting
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Configuration
file
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kernel.sem
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256 32000 100 142
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/etc/sysctl.conf |
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kernel.shmmax
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2147483648
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kernel.shmmni
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4096
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kernel.shmall
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3279547
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kernel.msgmni
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2878
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kernel.msgmax
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8192
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kernel.msgmnb
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65535
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fs.file-max
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327679
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| ip_local_port_range |
1024 65000 |
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| 4. |
To improve the performance or the software on Linux
systems, you must increase the following shell limits for the oracle
user, depending on the user's default shell.
To increase the shell limits, complete the following
steps:
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1. Add the following lines to /etc/security/limits.conf
file:
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soft nproc 4096
* hard nproc 16384
* soft nofile 16384
* hard nofile 65536
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2. Add the following lines to the /etc/pam.d/login
file, if it does not already exist:
session
required /lib/security/pam_limits.so
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3. Depending on the oracle user's default shell,
make the following changes to the default shell start-up file.
For the Bourne, Bash, or Korn shell, add the following
lines to the /etc/profile
file:
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To begin an installation of OCS, perform the following
steps:
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1.
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At the prompt, invoke the Installation wizard by executing
the following command:
>$
/stage/DVD_1/runInstaller
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2.
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The Welcome page appears. Select Advanced Installation.
Click Next to continue.
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On the Specify Inventory directory and credentials window, you can set
the full path of the inventory directory and the operating system group
name. For this example, all of the default values are used. Click Next.
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| 4. |
During the installation process, a script needs to be run in order to
continue
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| 5. |
Open a new window and log in as root. Navigate to the oraInventory
directory and execute the orainstRoot.sh script by typing the commands
listed below.
>$ cd /u01/app/oracle/oraInventory
>$./orainstRoot.sh
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| 6. |
Once the script has finished, return to the Installation Wizard and click
Continue.
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| 7. |
In the Specify File Locations window, set both the Source and Destination
file locations of the products that you want to install. Click Next.
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| 8. |
The Select a Product to Install window gives you three installation options.
Select Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure and Applications 10.1.2.0.0.
Click Next.
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| 9. |
The Oracle Universal Installer performs product-specific prerequisite
checks. In order to proceed, click Next.
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| 10. |
You can select the language in which Oracle Collaboration Suite will
run. To select all the available languages, click the >>
button.
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| 11. |
Click Next to continue.
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| 12. |
Because a single box installation was selected in the previous window,
the Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure and Applications Methodology
window appears. From this window, you can verify the order and the location
where OCS will be installed. Click Next.
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| 13. |
On the Select Components to Configure window, all of the OCS components
are selected by default. You can deselect any if you would like to configure
them at a later time. Click Next.
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| 14. |
The Specify Namespace in Internet Directory window allows you to specify
a location, or namespace, in the Oracle Internet Directory. By default,
the Suggested Namespace is selected. Click Next.
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| 15. |
On the Specify Database Configuration Options window, input the Global
Database Name and the SID. Under the Database Character Set
region, Oracle Collaboration Suite defaults to the Database Character
set used for this installation. For this example, all of the default values
are accepted. Click Next.
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| 16. |
Within the Specify Database Schema Passwords window, you have the choice
of setting different passwords for each of the pre-loaded schemas (this
is the default value), or to use the same password for all of the accounts.
This example uses the Use the same password for all of the above accounts
option. Input and confirm the necessary password. Note that the password
has to be alphanumberic. Click Next.
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| 17. |
On the Specify Application Passwords window, you have the choice of using
different passwords (the default) or using the same password for the administrative
accounts associated with OCS. For this example, the Use the same password
for all of the above accounts is selected. Input and confirm the necessary
password. Note that the password has to be alphanumberic. Click Next.
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| 18. |
The next window, Specify E-Mail Domain Information, allows you to specify
the E-mail domain served by this E-Mail server installation. Input your
domain in the E-mail Domain field. Click Next.
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There are a number of ports that need to be configured for OCS. On the
Specify Port Configuration Options window, you can either chose to have
the ports configured automatically (the default value) or manually. For
this example, Automatic Port Selection is kept as the default.
Click Next.
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The Summary window appears. From this window you can view the Global
Settings, Product Languages, Space Requirements, and New Installations.
If you would like to change any of the configurations, you can select
the Back button. Otherwise, click Install to begin the installation
process.
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| 21. |
During the installation process, a script needs to be run as root in
order to continue:
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| 22. |
Open a new window and log in as root. Navigate to the infra directory
and execute the root.sh script by typing the commands listed below:
>$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.2/ocs_1/infra
>$./root.sh
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| 23. |
Once the script has finished, return back to the Installation Wizard
and click OK.
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| 24. |
The next window, Configuration Assistants, configures and starts the
components that were selected earlier.
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| 25. |
The Database Configuration Assistant appears, and will close automatically
when database configuration completes.
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| 26. |
Next begins the installation of the Mid-Tier applications.
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| 27. |
During this installation process, a script needs to be run in order to
continue.
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| 28. |
Open a new window and log in as root. Navigate to the apps directory
and execute the root.sh script by typing the commands listed below.
>$ cd /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.2/ocs_1/apps
>$./root.sh
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| 29. |
Once the script has finished, return back to the Installation Wizard
and click OK.
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| 30. |
The next window, Configuration Assistants, configures and starts the
components that were selected earlier.
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| 31. |
When the installation of OCS has completed successfully, the End of Installation
appears. Click Exit to quit the Installation wizard.
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| 32. |
Click Yes to confirm.
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Start the Oracle Mail Listener
The Oracle Mail listener, listener_es,
listens for requests to send e-mail. Because the Email listener listens on the
privileged port 25, a privileged user, such as root, must start the listener.
To start this listener, perform the following steps:
| 1. |
Login as root
to your machine hosting your OCS installation and set the ORACLE_HOME
variable:
>$ export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.2/ocs_1/apps
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| 2. |
Find out the ID and group ID of the oracle user who installed OCS:
>$ id oracle
uid=502(oracle) gid=502(oinstall)
groups=502(oinstall)
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| 3. |
Start the E-Mail listener using the following command:
>$ $ORACLE_HOME/bin/tnslsnr
listener_es -user 502 -group 502 &
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| 4. |
Verify the listener is running:
>$ ps -ef | grep listener_es
oracle 1765 1 Oct01 ? 00:00:00 /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.1
/ocs_1/apps/bin/tnslsnr listener_es -user 502 -group502
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Provision orclguest
for Content Services and Real-Time Collaboration
To provision orclguest for Content Services and Real-Time
Collaboration, perform the following steps:
| 1. |
Open a browser window and access the Oracle Internet Directory Self Service
Console. Click the Login link.
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| 2. |
Login as orcladmin. Click Login.
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| 3. |
Click the Directory tab.
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| 4. |
Enter orclguest in the Search box,
and then click Go.
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Select orclguest, and then click Edit.
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| 6. |
Click Next.
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| 7. |
Note that Content Services and Real-Time Collaboration (RTC) are available
to be provisioned. Click Next.
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| 8. |
Click Next.
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| 9. |
Scroll down the page and verify that Content Services and RTC are listed
in the Applications to be provisioned section.
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| 10. |
Click Finish.
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| 11. |
Note that the alert that orclguest account was successfully modified.
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In this lesson, you have learned how to:
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Install OCS on a single-box |
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Perform Post Installation
steps |
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